Plate boundary

movements and

their results

Foldable

Let’s make your tab foldable!

1. Place your paper down

portrait style.

2. Bring the bottom of

your paper up so that

it almost meets the top

of your page- about 1

to 2 cm away from the

top.

3. Crease and fold the

paper

4. Turn your folded

paper so that the open

end of the fold is

facing you.

1. Bring the left and right

sides in so that they lay

equal in size to the center

2. Crease and fold on both

sides

3. Open the paper up and cut

only the top (shorter) side

on each of the two folds.

Let’s make your tab foldable,

continued!

Labeling your foldable…

•On the side edge, write

the words “Plate

Boundaries”

•Label the top tab

“Convergent” and

draw the plate

movements below.

Convergent boundaries are

where two plates are moving

toward each other and

collide.

Lift up your top tab

and on the

underside of it

write the words

“Colliding plates”

Let’s record these results of

convergent boundaries in our

foldable.

Open the convergent tab.

Underneath it, divide the space

into 3 sections by drawing 2

vertical lines.

Label the first box

“Oceanic-Oceanic

Convergent” and

underline it

Underneath that

underline, let’s list the

results of two oceanic

plates colliding:

Subduction- ocean

trench forms

Volcanic island arcs

Label the 2nd box

“Continental-

Continental Convergent”

and underline it

Underneath that

underline, let’s list the

results of two

continental plates

colliding:

Crust buckles and folds

into mountain chains

Label the 3rd box

“Continental-Oceanic

Convergent” and

underline it

Underneath that

underline, let’s list the

results of these plates

colliding:

Subduction- ocean

trench forms

Volcanic Mountain

Range

Close your foldable.

Label the middle tab

“Divergent” and draw

the plate movements

here →

Lift the tab. On the

underside of the tab,

write “Separating

plates”

Now let’s move on to the 2nd plate

boundary!

Let’s record these results of

divergent boundaries in our

foldable.

Open the

divergent tab.

Underneath it,

divide the space

into 2 sections by

drawing a vertical

line down the

middle.

Label the first box

“Oceanic-Oceanic

Divergent” and

underline it

Underneath that

underline, let’s list the

results of two oceanic

plates separating:

Mid-ocean ridge

forms

Widening of ocean

basins

Label the 2nd box

“Continental-

Continental

Divergent” and

underline it

Underneath that

underline, let’s list

the results of two

continental plates

separating:

Rift valley forms

Now let’s move on to the 3rd plate

boundary!

Close your foldable.

Label the bottom tab

“Transform” and draw

the plate movements

here →

Lift the tab. On the

underside of the tab,

write

“Plates sliding past each

other”

Let’s record these results of

divergent boundaries in our

foldable.

Open the transform

tab.

Underneath it,

you’re going to write

the main outcome of

sliding plates:

“earthquakes”